proportioned

[ pruh-pawr-shuhnd, -pohr- ]

/ prəˈpɔr ʃənd, -ˈpoʊr- /

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adjective

adjusted to proper proportion or relation.

having proportions as specified: a badly proportioned room.

Origin of proportioned

First recorded in 1350–1400, proportioned is from the Middle English word proporcioned.See proportion, -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM proportioned

non·pro·por·tioned, adjectiveun·der·pro·por·tioned, adjectiveun·pro·por·tioned, adjectivewell-pro·por·tioned, adjective

Words nearby proportioned

proportional font, proportional limit, proportional representation, proportional spacing, proportionate, proportioned, proportionment, proposal, propose, proposition, propositional attitude

Example sentences from the Web for proportioned

The congregation was not proportioned to the size of the great edifice.
Our Hundred Days in Europe|Oliver Wendell Holmes
His rider seemed to have been proportioned to fit the horse.
'Firebrand' Trevison|Charles Alden Seltzer
The lengths of the several parts are proportioned one to another.
Ancient Egypt|George Rawlinson
Probably these presents were proportioned to the success on the warpath.
Old Trails on the Niagara Frontier|Frank H. Severance

But it is rational love which is proportioned to the estimated goodness of the thing beloved.
A Christian Directory (Part 4 of 4)|Richard Baxter